Cheese-cutter.



No. 810,043. PATENTED JAN. 16, 1906. E. P. DUNN.

' CHEESE GUTTER. APPLIOATION FILED lunas, 1904.

Unirse stares PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK P. DUNN, OF ANDERSON, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO STIMPSON COM- PUTING SCALE COMPANY, OF ELKHAR'I, INDIANA, A CORPORATION.

CHEESE-CUTTER..

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 16, 1906.

Application file March 28, 1904;. Serial No. 200,306.

To all whom it may concer-n:

Beit known that l, FRANK P. DUNN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Anderson, in the county of Madison and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cheese-Cutters, of which the following is a specification, reference beingl had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates to new and useful improvements in cheese-cutters; and it consists in the construction, arrangement, and combination of the various parts, as more fully hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of' the operating' parts of my improved cheesecutter, the knife being cut away to more clearly show the remaining parts. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section on line w w of Fig. 1, showing the knife in position. Fig. 3 is a sectional perspective illustrating the connection between the ratchet boX or clutch and the base-ring of the cheese-plate.

1 is a suitable base which supports the operating parts and the cheese. The base I have shown inthe shape of a ring having the rear extension 2, which has the upwardly-extending bracket 3, in which is pivoted the arm 4, carrying the knife-lever 5, which has secured to it the knife 6. Extending inwardly from the ring at a desired number of points are the fingers 7. I have shown four such fingers in the drawings. On these fingers is supported a ring 8, which is free to turn on the fingers and forms, in effect, a journal for the cheeseplate 9, which is secured to the upper side of the ring and on which a cheese l0 i's adapted to be supported.

The operating-lever for the cheese-plate consists of two parts, the upper part 11 and the lower part 12. These two parts slide telescopically in relation to each other, and to permit this'I have shown the hook-guides13 on the lower section engaging over the edges of the upper section near the fulcrum-points of the lever. The lower section is provided with a slot 15 near the outer end, through which a bolt 16 passes. This bolt also passes through the aperture in the upper section and is provided with a winged nut 17 for clamping the two parts together after they have been adjusted. 18 is the fulcrum-pin of the lever which passes through the lower section. This pin also passes through a link 19,

which'is pivoted on the stationary frame l at 20.

The upper section of the lever has connected to it a pawl boX or clutch 2l, which boX'is provided with suitable engaging devices to engage with and be guided upon the ring 8, as shown in Fig. 3. The pawl-boX I have shown provided with a series of spring-pawls 22, adapted to engage the circular ratchet 23, formed on the outer face of the ring 8. The connection between the pawl-box 21 and the lever connection l1 is by a pivot-pin 23.

As shown, the lever extends substantially on the plane of the knife from one side ofthe fra me to the other and projects outside. On that side of the frame which is opposite the hinge of the knife I provide a stationary sement 25, across or beside which the lever is intended to operate. The lever passes through a slot 26 in the frame l, the ends of this slot acting as a stop for the lever, if desired. On the segment 25 is a sliding' block 27, having a set-screw 28 for settingit at any desired point. On the upper face of the segment are a series of weight indications 29. In this case I haveJ shown weight indications from ten to forty pounds, this indication being of the weight of the cheese which is to be cut.

On the lower lever-section I have shown a series of price indications 30, which are to be set in relation to some fixed point, in this ease the outer end of the segment 25. This setting is effected by loosening the winged nut 17 and moving the lower section of the lever in or out to the desired indication and then tightening the nut 17, which will hold the parts in their adjusted position.

The parts being thus constructed, their operation is as follows: rIhe operator before putting the cheese on the cutter weighs it, and if he finds it weighs ten pounds he sets the block 27 with its inner face at the weight indication 10 on the segment 25 and secures it in position by the set-screw 28. Now if the cheese is to be sold at fifteen cents per pound the operator loosens the winged nut 17 and slides inward the lower section 12 of the lever until the figure 15 is in line with the outer face of the segment 25 and then tightens the nut to hold the lever in-its adjusted position. This inward. movement of the lower section of the lever will carry with it the fulcrunn 18 and correspondingly shift the fulcrum of the operating-lever. The operator now moves the IOO operating-lever to the left hand end of its movement and then rocks the knife to make a slit in the cheese and then withdraws the knife. He then moves the lever to the right until it strikes the stop 27. The pawls 22 engaging in the ratchet 23 will rotate the plate 9 a distance equal to a predetermined amountsay, for instance, five cents worth of cheese. It' ten cents worth is required, the operator reciprocates the lever a second time, and if fifteen cents worth is required he operates it a third time, and then allowing the lever to remain at the right hand of the movement he rocks the knife and cuts out a section of the cheese weighing just one pound.

The figures shown on the segment and the length oi' movement of the lever shown is intended to give ive cents worth of cheese vfor a single reciprocation of the operatinglever. Of course these iigures may be changed by changing the space to give more or less of a cut or more or less oi' value, if desired.

With this construction I am enabled to set the device for any weight ot' cheese and for any of the ordinary prices per pound and am enabled with a single lever to rotate the cheese and adjust the fulcrum.

The device is simple in construction, easy to operate, and accurate in its movements.

What I claim as my invention irs-- 1. In a cheese-cutter, the combination of a rotary cheese-plate, an extensible lever comprising teleseoping sections for rotating the plate, a clutch connection between the lever and plate, and an adjustablefulcrum for the lever operated by the telescopic movement of the lever-sections.

2. In a cheese-cutter, the combination of a rotary cheese-plate, an extensible operatinglever, a clutch between the plate and lever, an adjustable fulcrum Jfor the lever operated by the movement of one part of the lever, and price-indicating marks on the lever.

3. In a ch eese-cutter, a movable plate an extensible operating-lever therefor, a movable fulcrum for the lever, operated by the movement of one part of the lever and means for locking the lever at its points of extension.

4. In a cheese-cutter, the combination of a frame, a rotary cheese-plate, a lever for rotating the same, a clutch between the lever and plate, a fulcrum for the lever, and a link on which the fulcrum is supported, said link being pivoted on the frame, and said lever being formed in sections, whereby said fulcrum may be adjusted.

5. In a cheese-cutter, the combination of'a rotary cheese-plate, of an extensible lever for operating the same, a clutch between the lever and plate, an adjustable fulcrum for the lever, and means for adjusting the i'ulcrum by the adjustment of the lever.

6. In a cheese-cutter, the combination ot a frame, a rotary cheese-plate, a lever for operating the same comprising an upper and a lower section slidingly engaged together, a fulcrum on the lower section, a link extending from the fulcrum to a stationary pivot on the frame, a clutch between the upper section oi' the lever and the plate, a stationary segment on the frame having weight indications thereon, an adjustable stop on the segment, price indications on the lever adjacent to the segment, and means for securing' the two sections of the lever together at various points of adjustment.

In testimony whereot1 I atiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK P. DUNN.

Witnesses:

JAS. T. KNoULARD, MARTIN DUNN. 

